Now, strictlythisisn’tMexicanfood. Asamatteroffact, theblackbeanrecipeisCuban, orsoIwastoldmorethanadecadeagowhenIwaslookingforacheap, justgotoutofuniversityrecipe. Garlic, onionssauteeduntiltranslucent, thensomeblackbeansandvinegar. Iaddedalittletomato, somecuminandsomecayenne. LastweekwhenImadeit, Iaddedsomepickledjalapeños. IguessitmakesitabitTrans–AtlanticthatIuseWelshextrasharpcheddar. I also managed to get some tomatillo salsa at the Waitrose down the street. That was nice.

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It’s coming up on two years since my job as a regional executive editor and news director disappeared, one of the tens of thousands of US newspaper jobs that simply doesn’t exist anymore, and I’ve been waiting to write a post about my job search because, I’ll be honest, I wanted to write the post […]

This post originally appeared on The Media Briefing. It was announced on 16 June, 2017, that The Media Briefing would be shutting down after the purchase of its parent’s company media events business, which did not include the content side of the business. I wish the excellent staff there the best. If you’re in the […]

Through my notifications, I spotted this on Reddit, a senior in high school thinking about studying sports journalism. The Redditer is concerned that jobs are scarce and that the pay would be crap unless he lands a gig at ESPN. In my 20-year career in journalism, part of me wants to say twas ever thus, […]